Building construction



H. AND P. J. KLEIN.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILIED MAY 6, I92I.

' Patenmd Sept. 19,1922.

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H. AND P. .l. KLEIN.

BUIIQDlNG CUNSTRUCTIUNC APPLICATION FILED MAY 6. 1921-.

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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FlLED MAY 6, 1921.

Patented Sept; 19, 1922.

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warren srara re reat HENRY KLEIN AND PAUL J. KLEIN, on DETROIT,MICHIGAN} BUILDING- CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed May 6, 1921. seriarno. 467,490.

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY Kmnn and PAUL J. KLEI citizens ofthe UnitedStates of America, residing atHighland Park, De-' troit, Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Constructions,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates'to a building construction, in which a simpleform ofmetallic reinforcement is used for the concrete walls of a house.

It has for an object the provision of a form of reinforcement which mayreadily be assembled by unskilled labor. A further object is toprovide'a form of reinforcement consisting'of relatively inexpensivestructural materials and in which the reinforcing elementsmaybe securedtogether in the simplest manner and with the least expenditure of timeand energy. With these and other objects in view, "as will more fullyappear'in the specification, the invention consists of features ofconstruction, and the parts and combinations thereof or theirequivalents as hereinafter described and set. forth in'the claims.

In the drawings, F igure' 1 isa front'elevation of a illustrating apreferred embodiment' of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, a portion being. a section of a lowerstory and another portion a section of anupper story;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a wall 3 adjacent to a ments.

Fig.4 is a perspective view of a fragment of a wall showing the desiredarrangement of the transverse flexible reinforcing elements;

F ig. 5 is a detail showing the manner 1n which the ends of the wirereinforcements are secured in a perforation in the reinforcing plates;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lower end of the reinforcingmemberused at a corner; and I Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the upper endsof a series of reinforcing plates illustrating the means by which theyare held in position when first assembled.

The reinforcing framework illustrated in the present embodiment of theinvention consists of a series of vertically arranged flat pair of thereinforcing elestucco, plaster or other building ends of the plates 1preferably of a widthsubstantially equal to the thickness-of the wallbefore it receives the internal and external-"coats of finish. These'plates reins.

are preferably bent to form aflangeQ at the 7 bottom, anchoring means.being provided at suitable intervals in the construction ofthefoundation wall to which the flanges are secured. The plates 1 have aseries of holes 4.

bored at intervals to receive reinforc'ing' wires, 5 preferablyarranged. diagonally as shown inF1g'., 4. -As a simple and convenientmeans for securing .the' wire'sto the one or more wires are opening landa wedge member 6 which mayconveniently be a cut hole with the ends ofthe plates, the ends of passed through an nail driven into the wlre towedge them securely in place; Itis preferred to arrange thereinforcing'wires man inner series and an outerseries spaced.

from the edge of the plates at a distance equal to approximatelyone-fourth "ofjtheir width.= Vertical'reinforcing wlres 7 may be secured.to the diagonal wires at their intersection by me'ansof shorttie"wires'asillus trated in Fig. v

In setting up the plates 1 preparatory to setting the reinforcingwires'5 in place, it, is I convenient touse' short lengths; of pipe 8passed through perforations 9 near the upper plates, these pipesbeing'se'cured together by an ordinary coupling 10 and remaining 1ntional reinforcement. p y

' Interior walls or "partitions will have. the sameform of reinforcementbut'instead" of using concrete, plastic composition will be used,-suchas gypsum stucco, tion, or any other suitable or terial of sufficientstrength/ At corners, the reinforcing plates will preferably be in theform of a cross of which the webs may be integral or formed as a thefinishing. wall a's' 'an addisome lighter and cheaper or"magnesia-asbestos composiwell known macomposite beam such as shown at12 in Fig.

6. WVithin the space constituting the tax treme corner of the wall, aspacethrough which the wires 5 do not extend, special re inforcingelements 13 are elements 13 consisting of vertical wires or rods securedin any suitable manner to one of the adjacent flanges and preferablyextending outward at some distance from the flange. After thisreinforcing, framework has been constructed, suitable molds will be setup on the inside and outside of each wall positioned, these- 11 rivetedto the abutting ends.

When the molds are removed, only the edges of the flat plates 1 willappear on the surface ofthe wall and these edges will be entirelyconcealed by the application of an interior coat 14: of plaster or othersuitable material and by an exterior coat 15 preferably of someornamental stucco. As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the wall of the secondstory is of less thickness than that of the first, the outer faces ofthe two sections being flush with each other and the shoulder formed bythe lower section ofthe wall extending inward farther than the uppersection of the wall provides a seat for the ends of the .joists 17supporting the floors and ceilings.

As an additional securing means for the joists, tie members 16 may beset in the cement at proper intervals when it is molded, these tiemembers preferably consisting of flat metallic straps suitably anchoredin the concrete and adapted to be nailed or bolted to the ends of thejoists.

From the above description, it will be apparent that there is thus.provided a device of the character described possessing the particularfeatures of advantage before eumerated as desirable, but which obviouslyis susceptible of modification in its form, proportion, details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departure from theprinciple involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While in order to comply with the statute the invention has beendescribed in language more or less specific as to structural features,it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificdetails shown, but that the means and construction herein disclosedcomprise but one of several modes of putting the invention into effect,and the invention is therefore claimed in any of its forms ormodifications within the legitimate and valid scope of the appendedclaims.

Vi e claim:

1. A reinforcement for a composition wall walls, a corner membercomprising plates substantially at right angles to the meeting faces ofthe walls and reinforcements secured to one or more of the platesextending into the space between the plates and the corner of the wall.

4. A reinforcement for composition walls comprising a plurality ofsubstantially parallel flat plates, and a plurality of intermediatereinforcing elements secured end to end substantially in line with eachother and extending through perforations in the plates to hold theplates spaced and to provide a reinforcement.

5. A reinforcement for composition walls comprising a plurality ofplates "extending transversely of the wall for substantially the entirethickness of the rough wall, the plates having a series of spacedperforations at a distance from each edge of approximately one-fourththe width of the plate and a plurality of wires extending diagonallybetween the plate in spaced planes parallel to the edges of the plates,the wires extending through the perforations and being secured WitnessesARTHUR MINNICK, EMMA DECLERCQ.

